Second Major Myanmar Rebel Group Calls For Talks With Junta

Lashio, a city near northern Myanmar's border with China held by rebel groups, is among the issues the MNDAA says it is willin to discuss (Credit: AFP)

A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for Beijing-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the Chinese border.

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), with about 8,000 available fighters, has fought the Myanmar military for over a decade for autonomy for the Kokang ethnic minority in northern Shan state.